12.4.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.21
संसर्गे चापि दोषः स्यात्
saṃsarge cāpi doṣaḥ syāt
The line
In contact and even, a fault, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: saṃsarge (संसर्गे) + ca (च) + api (अपि) + doṣaḥ (दोषः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃsarge (संसर्गे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | contact |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| doṣaḥ (दोषः) | nominative singular, masculine | a fault |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
saṃsarge (संसर्गे) is contact. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as cāpi (चापि).
doṣaḥ (दोषः) is a fault. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃsarge (संसर्गे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as cāpi (चापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃsarge (संसर्गे) and doṣaḥ (दोषः).